Marvellous March Manuscripts? So what are you reading this month?

[Connavar]

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett.

Pretty good story,memorable characters and most importantly very good humor.

 

[DeepThought]

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett.

Pretty good story,memorable characters and most importantly very good humor.

Conn, have you tried any Terry Pratchett (Discworld in particular)? if not, IMHO your missing out on a lot of really good stuff . Very similar in style to Douglas Adams (though IMHO he is the better writer), in fact heard somewhere that most of his inspiration to start writing the Discworld novels came from the author (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). The books are mostly humorous take on political philosophy set against a backdrop of fantasy...the guy is very smart, he writes intelligent comedy effortlessly ,virtually unrivaled in the sub-genre.

Cheers, DeepThought

 

[Pyan]

Very similar in style to Douglas Adams (though IMHO he is the better writer),

Do you mean Adams or Pratchett, DT?

 

[AE35Unit]

Single Lens,Brian J Ford
The story of the simple microscope

 

[Allegra]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

The Ecstasy And Tragedy of Genius - Glenn Gould by Peter F. Ostwald. A petty-minded biography, no comparison with Kevin Bazzana's Wondrous Strange - The life and art of Glenn Gould.

 

[DeepThought]

Do you mean Adams or Pratchett, DT?

Sorry for that ambiguity Pyan , I meant Pratchett is the better writer IMHO. My English is still a bit rusty, to put it mildly.

Cheers, DeepThought

 

[Connavar]

Conn, have you tried any Terry Pratchett (Discworld in particular)? if not, IMHO your missing out on a lot of really good stuff . Very similar in style to Douglas Adams (though IMHO he is the better writer), in fact heard somewhere that most of his inspiration to start writing the Discworld novels came from the author (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). The books are mostly humorous take on political philosophy set against a backdrop of fantasy...the guy is very smart, he writes intelligent comedy effortlessly ,virtually unrivaled in the sub-genre.

Cheers, DeepThought

Good to know that about TP. I have looked for a Douglas Adams type humor books ever since i finished his famous series. I knew he was famous for humorous fantasy but i didnt know it was like Hitchhiker was for SF. Meaning the genre was only the backdrop for the humor. I thought the fantasy of TP was more than the backdrop. Otherwise i would have tried him long time ago

Im gonna read more NG and TP after this book thats for sure. I will get Discworld book 1 and American Gods as soon im done with this book.


P.S He have to be really really great to be better writer than DA who i thought was brilliant.

 

[Ryden]

Now I'm reading Ender's Game and I can't put it down! Where has thos book been all my life!?

 

[Talysia]

Moving on to Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb.

 

[iansales]

Finished Richard Morgan's Black Man. Not sure what I think of it yet - it's certainly well-written and thought-provoking, but I'm not entirely convinced by the central premise. Now reading Robert Irwin's The Mysteries of Algiers.

 

[Thadlerian]

Giving Erikson another chance, reading House of Chains this easter.

Also: Stephen Donaldson: The Real Story (first Gap book).
Terry Pratchett: Soul Music, second re-read.
Paul Davies: Other Worlds - non-fiction, but then again, it concerns quantum mechanics.

 

[elvet]

Just 1 chapter into Violette Malan's The Sleeping God. Too early to tell how it compares with The Mirror Prince (which I loved).

 

[iansales]

Finished Robert Irwin's The Mysteries of Algiers. About to start Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union.

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

Well, I was at Barnes and Noble and I found a book in their bargain section, The memoirs of Helen of Troy by Amanda Elyot. I picked it up and have started reading it, along with Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb. Quite enjoying the tale about Helen, but Assassin's Quest hasn't pulled me in like the others in the series quite yet. But I'm still plugging along.

 

[Talysia]

Just started Robin Hobb's Assassin's Quest myself.

 

[Locksmith]

I've just finished Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden, the second in his Conqueror series about Genhis Khan. It was enjoyable enough, with some great battle sequences, but not IMO as good as Wolf of the Plains.

I've now started Survival of the Fittest by Dr Mike Stroud (who ran the seven marathons in seven days on seven continents with Ranulph Fiennes).

 

[Nesacat]

Allegra .... how did you find Book Thief?

Finished last night, DAW's 30th anniversary collection of fantasy. It's a wonderful collection and I'm now going to seek out some of the novels the short stories came from.

 

[Highlander II]

I'm skimming through The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie again while waiting for Small Favor by Jim Butcher to release on 1 April.

 

[Allegra]

Allegra .... how did you find Book Thief?

I'm really enjoying it, Nesa. Although Death being the narrator isn't something original, it is very well-written and deeply touching.

 

[Razorback]

My latest is Memory, by Lois McMaster Bujold. It was a light, easy read, as I expect from this series. It involved less action than typical for the series. I found the story more predictable and less compelling than her usual work. It seems to be evolving into more of a romance and less space opera. Memory [FONT=&quot]is focused more on character evolution of the central character, Miles, wrapped around a mystery story. [/FONT] You really need to read most, if not all, of the preceding books to appreciate this one to any degree. Even so, the series is running out of steam for me. Memory may provide an interesting pivot point for future developments in the series. I only rate this one as a 5 or 6 on a 10 scale. But I would love to get my hands on some of those “decorated killer chocolate things with the density of plutonium.”